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Afternoon Static: BLACK-ISH, AMERICAN CRIME, DAREDEVIL & More!

February 25, 2016 By theTVaddict Leave a Comment

• Sarah Michelle Gellar Signs on for Cruel Intentions TV Show: The Bitch Is Back!
• For Canadian Eyes Only: Rogers releases skinny package.
• For Canadian Eyes Only: Bells skinny package gets leaked!
• Must See TV: Black-ish tackles police brutality with wit and wisdom in a standout episode
• ‘Riverdale’ Finds Its Archie & Josie: KJ Apa To Topline CW Pilot
• Behind-the-Scenes: How American Crime’s School-Shooting Arc Came Together
• The Big Tease: Penny Dreadful Season 3 Trailer Is Crazy, Sexy and (Yep) Satanic
• Puff Piece: How Leslie Moonves continues to guide CBS to the top of the TV industry
• Super News: Netflix Taps ‘Game Of Thrones’ Actor Finn Jones For ‘Iron Fist’
• Pilot Watch: Katey Sagal to Star in CBS Pilot Based on Australian Comedy ‘Upper Middle Bogan’
• Cool Beans: ‘Creed’s Ryan Coogler Shopping Juvie TV Drama ‘Minors’
• Seconded: Dre From ‘Black-ish’ Is The TV Dad We All Need
• Live From New York: Ariana Grande to host, perform on Saturday Night Live in March
• Let the Buzz Begin: Tom Hardy’s FX/BBC One Series, TABOO, Gets A Bloody Trailer
• Funny Business: Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Mull Donald Trump’s Nevada Blowout Before Tonight’s GOP Debate
• Streaming News:Netflix Picks Up Jason Bateman’s Drama Series ‘Ozark’ From MRC
• Pilot Watch: Stephen King’s The Mist gets TV series pilot order
• AMC Networks Investors Wonder: How Much Life Is There After ‘Walking Dead’?
• DAREDEVIL Preview: The Return of an Old Flame

Morning Static: THE X-FILES, GILMORE GIRLS, BROAD CITY & More!

February 18, 2016 By theTVaddict Leave a Comment

• THE X-FILES Season Finale Photos: Everything’s Going to Hell
• For Canadian Eyes Only: Big changes coming to Canada’s Cable Packages this March.
• Netflix’s Love: A Dark Romance About Terrible People
• The Business of Show: ABC’s Channing Dungey Is the First Black President of a Major Network
• The 100: Marie Avgeropoulos Talks Octavia’s War with Bellamy
• Funny Business: ‘Gotham’s Ben McKenzie Tries On A Fancy Commissioner Gordon Mustache
• Casting Coup: ‘Walking Dead’ Governor David Morrissey Stars In Season 2 Of Starz/BBC Drama ‘The Missing’
• RIP: Mob Wives star Big Ang has died
• Sad But True: Paul Lee’s Exit and What Went Wrong at ABC This Season
• As Paul Lee Era Ends at ABC, Channing Dungey Steps Into a No-Win Job
• Behind-the-Scenes: ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ Director Anthony Hemingway Talks Dream Team
• Late Night Wars: Donald Trump Is a Conundrum for Political Comedy
• CBS Is Ready to Cash In on James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke: Late Late Show’s viral videos broke the Internet
• Hottie Alert: ABC’s ‘Time After Time’ Pilot Casts Josh Bowman, Freddie Stroma as Jack the Ripper & H.G. Wells
• Defending the Kardashians: Why showing the kids is crucial to The People v. O.J. Simpson
• Exit: Julianne Hough Not Returning as Dancing with the Stars Judge as Len Goodman Returns
• Sutton Foster on Gilmore Girls Revival Role: ‘I’m Going to Lose My S–t’
• Cable Ace: Joe Manganiello To Co-Star In History’s Military Drama Series ‘Six’
• Brilliant Casting: Lauren Ambrose To Star In Amazon Drama Pilot ‘The Interestings’
• Girl Power: Broad City and the Triumph of the Platonic Rom-Com
• Shonda Rhimes: My year of saying yes to everything
• Mark Your Calendars: Flight of the Conchords will reunite to perform at 2016 Newport Folk Festival

For Canadian Eyes Only: 5 Ways Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw Can Save Themselves

November 20, 2015 By theTVaddict Leave a Comment

if this week’s unfortunate culling of hundreds of jobs (and counting) by Bell Media is an indication of anything, it’s that broadcasters in Canada are not doing well. Advertising is down, cord cutting is up and it would appear that things are going to get a lot worse before they get a lot better (Just ask the newspaper industry). As such, your very own TV Addict thought now might be as good a time as any to offer up some unsolicited advice to Canadian corporations. Namely, Bell Media (CTV), Rogers (CityTV) and Shaw (Global).

Stop living in denial
With much of Canada changing the way they watch television and consume media, Canadian broadcasts face a choice. You can (a) watch your industry quietly crumble like newspapers and the music industry did over the past two decades, or (b) take a page from Wayne Gretzky, who was once famously quoted as saying when asked about the secret to his NHL success, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” I mean hello, it worked for Netflix. Who rather than simply sit back and milk every last dollar from their traditional mail-order DVD business, saw the writing on the wall and very quickly pivoted to a streaming based model.

Create your own revenue streams
Each and every June, Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw shell out millions of dollars in an attempt to attract eyeballs and ad dollars to their new Fall season. Unfortunately each and every spring, the majority of the shows are summarily cancelled, leaving Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw with little to show for it. Conversly, their American counterparts (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC) are laughing all the way to the bank because they managed to limit their exposure by selling, say HEROES REBORN as an example, to hundreds of different countries across the globe. In short, with ad revenue and eyeballs down, the only real money to be made in broadcasting is in owning your own intellectual property, or in the parlance of the industry “format.” Sure, it may be cheaper and easier to fill your schedule with CHICAGO SANITATION, but it’s far less profitable in the long run.

Use television as a loss leader
If Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw insist on clinging to cable television — and considering I still get phone calls attempting to sell me “home phone” I suspect they’re not quite ready to let go — they should, at the very least, lower the price! Now I know “lower the price” may be a foreign concept to executives at these companies, but here’s the reality of the situation. Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw may not be selling as many clients on home phone and cable anymore, but they are no doubt making it up with internet and cellular data packages. Two must-haves that could result in even high profits as a result of our country’s needlessly restrictive and expensive bandwidth caps. What’s more, I’ve never understood how every show that airs on, say CTV for example, isn’t available online with the exact same commercials (for cord cutters), or commercial free (for those who still subscribe to cable). Why do Bell MEdia, Rogers and Shaw make it so hard to legally watch their content. Which brings me to…

Your online portals (suck!)
Nobody likes getting punished for playing by the rules, which is why an important part in looking towards the future is improving your online portals. Do you have any idea how annoying and infuriating it is to attempt to catch up on your favoruite shows through your Bell Media, Rogers and Shaw’s official online outlets? The same ads repeat ad nauseam, shows often don’t load and worst of all, if you have to stop watching for any reason you basically have to restart from the beginning. Seriously folks, the legal option should be the best and most friction free one, because you don’t want me — or someone less ethical — to start Googling the non-legal alternatives.

Think Different
This week I purchased the new Apple TV [Review coming soon]. Like most Apple products, it just works (and brilliantly so!). You know what doesn’t work? My antiquated and infuriating-to-use Rogers digital box. Which is curious, because on the cellular side, you giant media conglomerates have actually got it right. Canadians gladly (or perhaps begrudgingly) shell out thousands of dollars annually to use your cellular and data on the phone of choice! Which raises the slightly awkward albeit painfully obvious question as to why don’t you follow the same model with cable boxes. Team up with Apple (or if you must, Google or Microsoft) and offer those who haven’t yet cut the cord an amazing experience. You might be surprised what we’d pay for if it was an Apple-esque amazing expierence.

Evening Static: THE MIDDLE, EMPIRE, SURVIVOR & More!

September 23, 2015 By theTVaddict

• Funny Business: ‘The Middle’ Producers Preview Season 7 — and Beyond
• Pilot Watch: Shonda Rhimes Is Producing A New Medical Drama
• Q&A: Viola Davis Speaks About Her Emmy, Diversity and Women on TV
• Nice Work if You Can Get it: Amy Schumer to publish memoir
• ‘Survivor’ Casting Director Reveals Secrets to Landing on Show: We Will Break You”
• Newsworthy: Brian Williams’ MSNBC Debut Ratings Are In
• Super News: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Borrows from Mr. Robot to Cast Negative Woman
• The Science of Show: Netflix Knows Precisely Which Episode Makes You Addicted To Your Favorite Shows
• The Future is Now: YouTube Network Fullscreen Launches in Canada
• Pilot Watch: Amazon lines up Louis C.K., Shaq, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Diablo Cody for fall pilots
• The Business of Show: Fall TV Season Opens Onto a Shifting Ad Landscape
• Where Did Everybody Go? TV Premiere Week Ratings Sag As Young Viewers Vamoose
• Bigger, badder, and with more Cookie Lyon: Empire’s 2nd season is ready to roar
• Scoop: ‘The Walking Dead’ Casts Tom Payne As Jesus
• Music To Our Ears: FX Renews Denis Leary’s ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’ For Season 2
• Survivor’s composer Russ Landau on why he left, what he’s doing now

2015 Emmy Predictions: Who Will Win and Who Should Win!

September 18, 2015 By theTVaddict Leave a Comment

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! With the 67th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS mere days away, Emmy speculation is off the charts! Fun Fact: Even Vegas is weighing in with [this online sportsbook] pitting MAD MEN and GAME OF THRONES against each other as strong favorites. With a solid combination of old favorites and new faces it’s going to be difficult to pin down the nights winners. Fortunately, I love a challenge. So without further ado here are my two cents on how the night is going to play out…

Outstanding Drama Series
HOUSE OF CARDS (Netflix)
GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix)
MAD MEN (AMC)
HOMELAND (Showtime)
DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)
BETTER CALL SAUL (AMC)

Who We’ll Be Okay With Winning: Any show but the hot mess that has become HOUSE OF CARDS.
Will Win: MAD MEN, if Emmy Voters don’t jump at the opporutnity to award this “Cable Ace” we’ll eat our vintage stylish 60’s era Don Draper hat!
Should Win: GAME OF THRONES, this HBO series has not only redefined what viewers demand from their premium cable television shows, it defies convention by continually getting better with age.

Outstanding Comedy Series
MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
VEEP (HBO)
LOUIE (FX)
TRANSPARENT (Amazon)
UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT (Netflix)
PARKS AND RECREATION (NBC)
SILICON VALLEY (HBO)

Who We’ll Be Okay With Winning: Any show but MODERN FAMILY, which much to our chagrin, has aged about as gracefully as their once adorable pint-sized kiddie contingent.
Will Win: TRANSPARENT may not have been the most laugh-out-loud comedy of the bunch, but it is the kind of conversation starter that can not only change lives and attitudes, but reinforce the importance of television as a medium.
Should Win: In a crowded field of complex and oftentimes dark and dramatic “comedies,” we’d be happy to see a show that prioritizes funny walk away with a statue. See: VEEP, SILIVON VALLEY and/or PARKS AND RECREATION

Outstanding Actress in Comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Rec)
Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback)
Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer)

Who We’ll Be Okay With Winning: Any actress whose title character doesn’t start with Nurse and end with Jackie.
Will Win: With a Peabody Award-winning television show and hit movie under her belt, its Amy Schumer’s world and we’re just living in it (Bonus Points: Real life friends with Jennifer Larence, I mean if that isn’t award worthy what is!)
Should Win: Julia Louis-Dreyfus may play President on TV but she’s the first lady of funny in our heart.

Outstanding Actor in Comedy
Louis C.K. (Louie)
Anthony Anderson (Blackish)
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)

Who We’ll Be Okay With Winning: Anyone but Don Cheadle, who talents are going to waste on the silly and insignificant HOUSE OF LIES.
Will Win: Despite a resume littered with memorable characters, Jeffrey Tambor gave a performance of a lifetime.
Should Win: Have you seen TRANSPARENT?

Outstanding Actress in Drama
Robin Wright (House of Cards)
Taraji P. Henson (Empire)
Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder)
Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)
Claire Danes (Homeland)

Who We’ll Be Okay With Winning: Anyone but Robin Wright, Seriously. What is up with shows that start with “House of…” this season?
Will Win: Taraji P Henson may not have given the most traditionally “dramatic” performance, but Emmy voters will want to recognize last season’s biggest (only?) broadcast hit. Also. Cookie FTW!
Should Win: Each and every week of ORPHAN BLACK is a master class on acting thanks to the talent of Tatiana Maslany. Also. Canada FTW!

Outstanding Actor in Drama
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Kyle Chandler (Bloodline)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)

Who We’ll Be Okay With Winning: Anyone but Jeff Daniels. And yes, in case you’re wondering, we’re still angry about what Aaron Sorkin delivered with THE NEWSROOM. Awful. Simply awful.
Will Win: Jon Hamm cannot go down in history as the Susan Lucci of Primetime Emmys.
Should Win: Jon Hamm was a major part of the success that was MAD MEN and desereves to go down in history as an Outstanding Actor in a Drama series.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in Comedy
Niecy Nash (Getting On)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory)
Gaby Hoffmann (Transparent)
Jane Krakowski (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)

Who We’ll Be Okay With Winning: Anyone but Julie Bowen, whose father/daughter work storyline is the worst thing to happen to MODERN FAMILY since those once adorable kids went through puberty.
Will Win: Allison Janney is da bomb!
Should Win: Allison Janney is also The Jackal!

Outstanding Supporting Actor in Comedy
Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Adam Driver (Girls)
Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Tony Hale (Veep)

Who We’ll Be Okay With Winning: Anyone but Adam Driver who inexplcibaly managed to get recognized over series creator, star, writer, director Lena Dunham!
Will Win: Tituss Burgess is the best thing to come out of the mind of Tina Fey since her Sarah Palin impersonation.
Should Win: Keegan-Michael Key, if for no other reason than to see him accept his trophy as President Obama’s Anger Translator.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey)
Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)

Who We’ll Be Okay With Winning: Anyone but Christine Baranski. With apologies to our favouurte CBS series, our least favourite season of THE GOOD WIFE does not an award winner make.
Will Win: Lena Headey layers what in other hands could have been a cartoonish character into a deliciously sympathic villain.
Shoudl Win: If Lena Headey doesn’t walk away a winner, it will be Emmy Voters who will be forced to do a walk of shame.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline)
Jim Carter (Downton Abbey)
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Michael Kelly (House of Cards)
Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)

Who We’ll Be Okay With Winning: Anyone but Alan Cumming. See above.
Will Win: Between BREAKING BAD and BETTER CALL SAUL, Jonathan Banks has crafted one of the most interesting supporoting characters in recent small screen memory.
Should Win: BLOODLINE wouldn’t have been nearly as addictive without the incredibly compelling performance of relative newcomer Ben Mendelsohn.

The 2015 Emmys air on Sunday September 20 at 8PM on FOX (CTV in Canada)

Afternoon Static: SONS OF ANARCHY, THE GOOD WIFE, THE BIG BANG THEORY & More!

September 9, 2015 By theTVaddict Leave a Comment

• Rumor Patrol: Sons of Anarchy iconic characters may return for Mayans spin-off
• TV Tidbits: Walking Dead Promotes Three, Supergirl Flies to NYCC and More
• Opinion: Netflix’s Anti-Downloading Stance is Perplexing and Frustrating
• World Domination: Netflix finally making its way to Singapore in early 2016
• Tim Goodman: Why I Was Wrong About ‘You’re the Worst’
• Tim Goodman’s First Take: Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Offers “Weird, Creative Zing”
• Survivor: The Young And The Restless leads the dying soap-opera genre
• Review: On ‘Late Show’ Premiere, Stephen Colbert Tries to Bring Big Back to Late Night
• Ellen DeGeneres Talks Caitlyn Jenner, Breakup Rumours, Admits She Hated ‘American Idol’
• The Good Wife’s Back With a New Attitude — See the Season 7 Sneak Peek!
• Once Upon a Time: Meghan Ory to Return as Ruby in Season 5
• Ratings: ‘Ellen’ Season 13 Debut Ties for Highest Rated Premiere Since Launch
• New Apple TV announced with Siri and App Store, coming in October for $149
• ‘Big Bang Theory’ First Look: See Penny and Leonard’s Wedding Photos
• Official: The Late-Night TV Wars Are Officially Over
• Network TV’s Ultimate Survivor: Leslie Moonves on battling Netflix, the coming original-content bubble, and 20 years at CBS.

Afternoon Static: THE DAILY SHOW, DIFFICULT PEOPLE, GALAXY QUEST & More!

August 27, 2015 By theTVaddict Leave a Comment

• Smart Hire: ‘The Daily Show’ Gets Ready to Go Viral
• Analysis: Trump’s press
• Good Question: Why the Hell Isn’t ‘The O.C.’ Streaming?
• Scoop: There could be TWO seasons of American Horror Story in 2016
• Please Come to Canada: Galaxy Quest TV series landing at Amazon
• I Feel Very Old: Vine star Hayes Grier, 15, joins Dancing with the Stars
• Please Come to Canada II: Difficult People Renewed for Season 2
• Fresh Off the Boat: Shaquille O’Neal to Hold Court in Season 2
• Friends Video: Lisa Kudrow Revives Phoebe’s ‘Smelly Cat’ (With a Little Help From Taylor Swift)
• Tragedy: Virginia’s WDBJ Airs Moment of Silence for Slain Reporter, Cameraman
• Casting Coup: Maria Bello, Lost Actress Join Amazon Legal Drama From David E. Kelley
• Iannucci: Production sector must speak up for BBC
• Awful: Vester Flanagan’s video and the inevitable live-streamed massacre
• Showtime’s David Nevins: Shows Must Reflect U.S. Diversity
• Funny Business: 24’s Mary Lynn Rajskub to guest on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Colbert Grabs Cover of Time Magazine: Letterman told new host how to run the freight elevator
• Trailer Park: HOMELAND Season 5

Morning Static: THE FOSTERS, PENNY DREADFUL, ESPN & More!

July 6, 2015 By theTVaddict Leave a Comment

• ‘Strike Back’ Season 4 Trailer: Scott & Stonebridge Must Stop WWIII
• Rumor Patrol: ESPN Denies And Then Possibly Confirms A Report They’ve Silenced Keith Olbermann’s Opinions
• The Fosters Sneak Peek: Stef and Lena Suspect [Spoiler] Is Preggers
• Mark Your Calendars: The first two episodes of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle will stream on EW this Friday
• Empire Season 2: Everything you need to know
• Penny Dreadful postmortem: Showrunner John Logan breaks down Vanessa’s ‘desolate’ decision
• Cool Beans: New Viral Campaign Drops A Teaser For ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ On Netflix
• Why Shark Week Is Sinking Its Teeth Into July: As competitors churn the water, Discovery shifts its franchise a month earlier
• Duh of the Day: Kimmy Schmidt Was Inspired by Elizabeth Smart
• Viral Video: The ‘Fresh Prince’ opening sequence is way darker when recreated in GTA V
• ‘Daredevil’ Season 2: John Bernthal Shows Off Punisher Reading Materials
• The Business of Show: Why NHL TV Ratings Are Falling in Hockey-Crazed Canada
• RIP: NBC Cancels ‘A.D.’ As Producers Plan Digital Revival For Biblical Drama
• Strange But True: TV Land’s ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ ban drives DVD sales
• Kit Harington’s Long Hair: Is It a Clue to Jon Snow’s Game of Thrones Future?

On TV Tonight: Friday June 12, 2015

June 12, 2015 By theTVaddict Leave a Comment

NET	8PM	8:30PM	9PM	10PM
ABC	Shark Tank (R)		What Would You Do?	20/20
CBS	Undercover Boss (R)		Hawaii Five-0 (R)	Blue Bloods (R)
CW	Whose Line Is It…	Whose Line Is It…	The Messengers
FOX	FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015: US vs Sweden
NBC	America’s Got Talent (R)			Dateline NBC
Misc	Orange is the New Black (Netflix) Defiance (Syfy)/td>		Phineas and Ferb (Disney XD)/td>	Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Hit Record on TV (Pivot) Dark Matter (Syfy)

Is DEGRASSI Dead?

June 4, 2015 By theTVaddict 1 Comment

Mere minutes ago, theTVaddict.com received news that MTV (Canada) will no longer be airing DEGRASSI following the premiere of season 14B on Monday July 20th. But just what does this mean for the future of DEGRASSI? Is it over over! Or is there a chance that the show could live on via Netflix? Shomi? Crave? CTV declined to comment and we’re still waiting word from the show’s producers Epitome Pictures. Needless to say, when we here something, you’ll be the first to know. In the meantime, you can check out the full Bell Media press release below. [Read more…]

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